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Thanks for your thanks, everybody!

mrchan, that was a good idea... actually, I thought of that myself (honestly) since I really liked it but didn't use it at first because I thought (still do) that Sailor's Kobe Stone Gray (their No.31) isn't all that well known and/or often used here. Well, here it is:

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/peli46/MEISTERSTUumlCK_7_inks.jpg

 

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Ah yes, very nice. Good comparison. Thanks a lot. So which is your favourite grey amongst all of them?

Fountain pens are like weapons. They just make your pocket bleed so much.

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Excellent review of the ink. I already have the ink but the pen is still on its way as I requested a nib width they did not have in stock in UK so the pen has gone back to Hamburg.

 

As to the ink I like it as well but I just have to make sure I do not drop any of it on my shirts. ;)

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On 4/23/2014 at 10:49 PM, amberleadavis said:

Wow, Mike this is impressive and exactly what I would call a FORMAL review.

How kind of you. Now I can't say anything to negate that hug of yours but maybe I should start up a business selling greys, or ask you, as chairwoman of the board here, if you might consider opening up a new sub-forum concentrating on grey inks (ha ha just kidding....)

 

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Ooo Scary

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Lapis that is a great review...it was nice to see how good Lexington gray was as well.

 

In sooner or later my remaining 3 Pelikan '90's cartridges each of Pelikan Gray and Silver Gray will be gone, that new MB Gray will be bought...one bottle of it.

It is a limited edition ink????

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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It is a limited edition ink????

Yup, it's a LE.

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Ah yes, very nice. Good comparison. Thanks a lot. So which is your favourite grey amongst all of them?

Oops, sorry I oversaw that question... My faves of those up there are the MB Permanent Grey and Sailor Kobe. My favourite of all the greys I have is, however, Iroshi's fuyu-gaki (Old Man Winter) just because of the very slight, subtle yet understated hue of blue as in clouds about to explode into a snow storm. I like Gray Flannel the least because my eyes tell me that it has way too much green or turquoise in it.

 

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I'm sorry to ask but is this an iron-gall ink or not? Couldn't quite understand it. I'm mostly worried about staining to the ink window.

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No, it is not an iron-gall ink, just like the other two MB perms aren't (Blue and Black). I don't see any staining with all three of those MBs in any pens yet used. Don't forget that the Grey -- in contrast to the Blue and Black -- is a LE so buy it now, before it's too late.

 

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Dam a LE...then two bottles.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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No, it is not an iron-gall ink, just like the other two MB perms aren't (Blue and Black). I don't see any staining with all three of those MBs in any pens yet used. Don't forget that the Grey -- in contrast to the Blue and Black -- is a LE so buy it now, before it's too late.

 

Mike

 

Thank you. Cheers :)

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Does anyone know how it compares to the MB Einstein ink?

 

Looks an exact copy to my eye. Can anyone with both give us a side by side?

 

 

Hmmm... I'm surprised Lapis didn't include it.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for such a fantastic review! I have this ink as well and just love it......

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Hi, boys & girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, I'm the Inkian of the group!

 

Thanks for the reminder. Actually I did think of that once (yeah, yeah...) but had a more distorted view in mind. That is to say, that the Albert Einstein was much bluer. But... I'd say that my perceptual tendency still held true in the sense that the Permanent Grey has more green and/or brown, whereas the Albert Einstein has more blue and/or red.

Meisterstueck vs Einstein.jpg

Up top, under the 1x-2x-3x swabs, an Herbin glass dip and then an Allegro steel dip.

 

Nonetheless, these two inks are very similar. So, I said it.

 

Thanks!

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Hi, boys & girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, I'm the Inkian of the group!

Thanks for the reminder. Actually I did think of that once (yeah, yeah...) but had a more distorted view in mind. That is to say, that the Albert Einstein was much bluer. But... I'd say that my perceptual tendency still held true in the sense that the Permanent Grey has more green and/or brown, whereas the Albert Einstein has more blue and/or red.

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/peli46/MeisterstueckvsEinstein.jpg

Up top, under the 1x-2x-3x swabs, an Herbin glass dip and then an Allegro steel dip.

Nonetheless, these two inks are very similar. So, I said it.

Thanks!

 

 

wow,maybe my screen, but they look identical to me....

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8703/letterminizk9.png http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/7260/postminipo0.png

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Thanks for the heads-up, got two bottles as well as a bottle Leonardo from the friendly assistant in Sandton Boutique. Also an A5 notebook...

 

And I thought just one bottle and I would be a happy man.

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Mike, your review is just exquisite. Shows exactly what we would want to know, and the time/care you put into doing it is VERY MUCH appreciated!

 

Snagged a number of bottles from PenBoutique.

Thanks

With the new FPN rules, now I REALLY don't know what to put in my signature.

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Thanks for the reminder. Actually I did think of that once (yeah, yeah...) but had a more distorted view in mind. That is to say, that the Albert Einstein was much bluer. But... I'd say that my perceptual tendency still held true in the sense that the Permanent Grey has more green and/or brown, whereas the Albert Einstein has more blue and/or red.

 

You could always do the old saturation to the extreme test!

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Grey swabs unchanged by Bigeddie100, on Flickr

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